the mathematical odds at poker are the player's chief enemy and unless he can keep himself within the bounds of probability he is certain to fall into some of the pitfalls that continually beset the path of the inexperienced player.

Originally published in 1899, this book provoked a general uprising (from both sexes) in strenuous defence of their position and capacities. Bold, unsparing and witty attack on woman's stronghold in the home. Not-Politically-Correct but very Humoristic.